mchx-8k_20170615.DOCX.htm

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 15, 2017

 

 

Marchex, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

000-50658

35-2194038

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

520 Pike Street Suite 2000

Seattle, Washington 98101

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(206) 331-3300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 



Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Executive Officer Annual Salaries; Bonus.

On June 15, 2017 (the “Grant Date”), the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Marchex, Inc. (the “Corporation” or “Marchex”) pursuant to its review of annual compensation for executive officers of the Corporation, approved revised annual salaries for certain of the Corporation’s executive officers in the below table effective June 16, 2017:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Executive Officer

  

Salary

 

Michael Arends

  

$

297,500

  

Ethan Caldwell

  

$

292,500

  

On the Grant Date, the Compensation Committee further approved a cash bonus for Michael Arends in the amount of $150,000 subject to the Corporation achieving certain positive adjusted EBITDA thresholds sooner than provided for in the Corporation’s 2017 budget.

Time-based Stock Option and Restricted Stock Awards.

On the Grant Date, the Corporation’s Compensation Committee, pursuant to its review of equity award incentives for executive officers of the Corporation, approved stock option and restricted stock grants under the Corporation’s 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) effective on the Grant Date to the executive officers in the below table (subject to continued employment at such times) in the following amounts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Executive Officer

  

Option
for
Number
of
Shares
of
Class B
Common
Stock

 

  

Number
of
Restricted
Shares of
Class B
Common
Stock

 

Michael Arends

  

 

115,000

  

  

 

75,000

  

Ethan Caldwell

  

 

150,000

  

  

 

40,000

  

Each such option shall have an exercise price of $2.90 per share, the closing price of the Corporation’s Class B common stock on the Grant Date, shall be an incentive stock option to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and otherwise a nonqualified stock option, with 25% of the option shares vesting on the first annual anniversary of the Grant Date and thereafter 1/12th of the remainder will vest quarterly thereafter for the following three years. 25% of the restricted shares shall vest on each of the first, second, third and fourth annual anniversaries of the Grant Date. The restricted stock will be valued based upon the closing price of the Corporation’s Class B common stock on the Grant Date.

 

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements for Certain Officers.

 

 The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 



SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Marchex has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARCHEX, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: June 16, 2017

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ETHAN CALDWELL

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Ethan Caldwell

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

General Counsel, CAO and a member of the Office of the CEO